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Understanding Web Applications and HTML

The document provides definitions and explanations of key web-related concepts including web applications, web pages, websites, web browsers, URLs, the World Wide Web, HTTP, web architecture, and HTML. It describes how these elements interact and function, emphasizing the role of HTML as a markup language for structuring web content. Additionally, it outlines the basic structure of an HTML document.

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Understanding Web Applications and HTML

The document provides definitions and explanations of key web-related concepts including web applications, web pages, websites, web browsers, URLs, the World Wide Web, HTTP, web architecture, and HTML. It describes how these elements interact and function, emphasizing the role of HTML as a markup language for structuring web content. Additionally, it outlines the basic structure of an HTML document.

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Web Application

A web-application is an application program that is usually stored on a remote server, and users
can access it through the use of Software known as web-browser.
Web Page
A web page is a document written in hypertext (also known as HTML) that we can see online,
using a web browser. Most web pages include text, photos or videos, and links to other web
pages. A group of many web pages managed by one person or company is a website.
Website
A website (also written as a web site) is a collection of web pages and related content that is
identified by a common domain name and published on at least one web server.
Web browser
A software application used to access information on the World Wide Web is called a Web
Browser. When a user requests some information, the web browser fetches the data from a web
server and then displays the webpage on the user's screen.
URL
A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is a unique identifier used to locate a resource on the
Internet. It is also referred to as a web address. A typical URL could have the form
[Link] which indicates a protocol (https), a hostname
([Link]), and a file name (index. html).
WWW
WWW (World Wide Web) is a huge collection of pages of information linked to each other
around one globe. Every page is a combination of text, picture, audio, video, animation and
hyperlink
HTTP
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is the set of rules for transferring files such as text, images,
sound, video and other multimedia files over the web. As soon as a user opens their web
browser, they are indirectly using HTTP. HTTP is an application protocol that runs on top of the
TCP/IP suite of protocols, which forms the foundation of the internet.
Web Architecture
WWW follows 2-tier architecture. It is a combination of web servers and web clients. Web
servers produce to deliver information and web client retrieve to display information.
HTML
HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. HTML is the standard markup language for
creating Web pages. HTML describes the structure of a Web page. HTML consists of a series of
elements. HTML elements tell the browser how to display the content.
It is not a programming language. It is a markup language. Markup language is a set of tags.
HTML file is saved with .html extension.
Structure of HTML
<html>
<head> … </head>
<body> … </body>
</html>
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